Bengaluru, March 17 -- The Karnataka High Court on Monday quashed the hate speech case registered against journalist and news anchor Rahul Shivshankar over his social media post regarding the state government's budgetary allocation for religious minorities.
Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed Shivshankar's petition challenging the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him, ruling that the allegations did not meet the legal criteria for the charges invoked.
"Criminal petition allowed. FIR stands quashed," the court declared while dictating the operative portion of the order.
The case was registered following a complaint by N Ambrish, a city municipal council member from Kolar, who alleged that Shivshankar's social media post had promot...